Improved ice-ctttter



CT. L. CUMMINGS.

1GB CUTTER. I

No. 85,217. Patented D9 0. 22, 1868.

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Letters PcteatNo. 85,217, dated December 22, 1868; mite-(711ml .Deomnbe"15, 1868.

IMPROVED res-CUTTER.

The Schedule mama to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesome.

To all whom it 'r' uty concern.-

I Be it known that I, Greener: Costumes, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and improved Implement for Cutting Ice.

My implement is intended to do the work which is now done by breaking,but with less loss, and in a better way.

This elfect has been produced 'by machinery, but not in the mannerproduced by mine.

I hereby declare that the following -is a full, clear,

and exact description of my device, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of desired size and shape,instead of trusting to their" breaking in the required form.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceedto describe its construction and operation'by the aid of thedrawings.

I prepare a rod, It, of iron or steel, crooked and pointed at its lowerextremity, as shown at p, which point may be hardened, if desired. This.I make of, say, five-sixteeuths inch square or round iron or steel, offrom twelve to eighteen inches long.

Un thisrod 1 slip the weight S,whicli is of castiron, or other materialof sufficient strength, having a hole through. it of such size and shapeas to allow it'to move freely along the rod'R.

b'ecni'ed to the lower end of this weight is the cutter O, of steel, orother sulfici'ently-hard material, sharp ened, and of the form of anordinary hatchet.

' he rod R is then bent, as 21th, so as to prei-eut the.

sliding pieccS from slipping oil. The hook L also answers to hangtheiustrument up by.

The inanuer of operating with this instrument is follows;

Holding the rod, by thc ho'okdL, with onehand, place the point 1)the'proper distance from the place desired to be cut, with the otherhand, and more tlieweight S up and down upon the-ice until it iscracked.

1 do not claim the pointed rod; neither do I claim a.

weight striking on a shoulder to force a point into the ice; but

What I do' claim, and desire to secure bv Letters] Patent, is

The combination of'thc guide-rod R, the weights, and the flat cutter 0,attached to the weight, as and for the purpose specified.

GEO. L. CUMMINGS.

Witnesses:

J. BQWABING, CYRUS TnoMPsox;

